Reich Mixer Tap gone floppy

Oh, this was on a swift quattro EW 2016

Hi there,

The same dreaded floppy lever on the  mixer tap Reich Vector S has also occurred in my 2015 Swift Challenger SE 530 and I wanted to check it is the 25mm Reich ceramic cartridge that fits the Vector S tap?

Can someone please advise before I order the part.

Many thanks,

Neil 

I have the same problem. Could someone let me know the part No or the size of the cartridge, please. 

Thank you

Pandab . This is the info I have. It was bought on Ebay

 Please note there are different sizes, My van is a 2015 Lunar Clubman. Its best to remove and measure first

REICH 25mm CERAMIC CARTRIDGE FOR CARAVAN/MOTORHOME TAPS (240-06741)

BR14N

Dear Caravanners, I also recently suffered with the Floppy Tap syndrome on my 2015 Swift Major 4 SB Kitchen tap, just when we were setting up for our 1st day. Me being me had no idea at the time what the problem was, we had water to the bathroom tap and shower tap, so its not a water pump or pipe issue. I did some 'googling' and applied my engineers process of elimination, were I came to the conclusion, this could only be the tap. Fortunately the tap failed in the closed position so we could go about our weekend away.

When we got home, I set about stripping the tap down so I could understand what is inside, and apart from a plastic molding, the tab valve and 3 'O' rings, nothing else.

To dismantle the tap, and mine is a REiCH Vector S tap, and to buy a replacement tap is between £90 and £108 a pop, for a plastic tap.

1 - So to strip the tap, you start by flicking the little red and blue cap from the top of the tap handle, and removing the cap screw inside to take off the tap handle.

2 - You then remove the two small TORX Screws, one at the top of the tap, and one at the bottom of the tap body, (you might need a small screwdriver set to do this, I purchased this kit for less than £6 from Amazon. https://amzn.eu/d/9V9BuWo

3 - Once you have removed the 2 torx screws, gently lift the body of the tap and the top piece off the internal plastic casing, please note, there will be a little plastic piece at the bottom which might fall out, this is the retainer for the tap body which allows the tap to swivel).

4 - Now you will see a plastic valve retainer with 3 very small torx screws, this is what is holding the tap valve in place and seated on the sealing 'O' rings, gently remove these being careful not to drop them, they are about 8 mm long, once you lift the retaining ring off, you can now lift out the internal valve.

The image I have included shows my old valve after a disassembled it so I could see what had failed on the inside, if you look at the bottom right image of the tap actuator, you can see that the clear plastic end piece has broken in two, this is the thing that moves the valve selector plate to allow water to flow, you can clearly see the crack and separation. That's why the valve was floppy.

Make a not of any serial numbers and measure the outside diameter of the valve body to ensure you get the correct replacement, fitting the replacement is just the above in reverse.

I got my replacement, delivered, for less than £30.00 from https://www.swordcrowncaravans.com/ who are brilliant to deal with.

I hope this helps.

Regards

Dave Stevens

I had the same problem. 2 sets of torx bits and none fitted. The 2 other screws had different size bits as well. The screw has a very shallow 5 sided head.

While some posts say it easy to change the tap I struggled and had to remove the side panel next to the fridge, having dismantled storage racks first. A larger access hole should have been provided.